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IOM TT

Dave
and Nick doing a bit of marshalling

The TT messes with your head. Bog awful
ferries, not much sleep, too much (pure by
law!!) IOM beer, the noise and smell of racing
all come together in a heady cocktail that will
blow your socks off. Relative to mundane normal
life it’s just another world. Why isn’t life
always like this ? - because you’d burn out
inside a month? Mind it would be one hell of a
month..

It is however, more than ever in this
strange modern world, one place that anyone
into bikes must go at least once. Trouble
is, once you’ve been you will need to go
back at some point.

The TT is like entering a whole new kingdom.
Bikes and their owners are made welcome, and
everything is geared up for bikers. It’s not
an artificial “Tourist world” either, these
people genuinely look forward to their
beautiful island being invaded each year by
60,000 leather clad bikers.

There is something for everyone. Race reps
abound, Harley “Live to Ride” types, and old
codgers on Brit Bikes. Every conceivable
make and model can be found somewhere on the
island.

The Joey
Dunlop Foundation

Then there is the island itself, beautiful,
and mostly unspoiled by acres of “New Homes”
that have blighted the mainland. Transport –
Well you can ride your bike over the most
famous piece of tarmac in the world, or turn
off the course and you have miles of country
lanes to play with; You also have a
fantastic choice of alternatives; Horse
drawn tram, steam and electric railways.

Normal life is put on hold for your stay at
the TT. Watch the greatest road racers on
the most famous race track in the world.
Bray hill, Union Mills, The Creg, just
breathe in the history and the atmosphere.

Olivers Mount - scarborough

Chromo
looking cool ...

The TT is fantastic, but its a right chew to
get too, with ferries etc. There is however, one
place on the mainland where you savour the
pleasures of real road racing.

Tucked away on the Yorkshire Coast is
Oliver’s Mount, a closed road circuit, which
holds race meetings about three times a
year.

Start
/ Finish line

The spectating is awesome, up close and
personal with many varied points to watch
from. If you are used to the sort of long
distance viewing you get at places like
Donington Park you will be amazed.

At most meetings you get a good selection of
the stars of the road, like John McGuinness
and Ryan Farquar. Make a weekend of it,
camp at the circuit or make use of the many
friendly Hotels that Scarborough has to
offer.

The meetings are run by the AUTO 66 CLUB,
which organize an annual program of
motorcycle Road Race meetings and Speed
Hill Climbs.

Beautiful
MV Agusta

This is what the web site has to say.. "If
you've never watched the close-up,
action-packed racing through the beautiful
wooded parkland at Oliver's Mount, give it a
try. There’s no greater thrill for a race
fan than to see race bikes brushing the
banking only yards away from where you stand
- you can leave the binoculars at home !.

iom tt

The TT messes with your head. Bog awful
ferries, not much sleep, too much (pure by
law!!) IOM beer, the noise and smell of racing
all come together in a heady cocktail.

Scarborough

The TT is fantastic, but its a right chew
to get too, with ferries etc. There is
however, one place on the mainland where you
savour the pleasures of real road racing

Rally

Rally’s are marvelous biking events. If
you’ve never been to one you really should.
Its the pure essence of biking.

MAG

We are members of, and fully support the
aims of
The Motorcycle Action Group. MAG are
fighting lots of restrictive legislation
from our dear government and the EEC.
Basically the powers that be want shot of
bikes altogether, and we need to fight them
tooth and nail. If you ride bikes and are
not a member - then you should be - Join
now.

RACING

Beware of the Flowers also supports
those nice people at the North Yorkshire
Road Racing Supporters Club. Regular
meetings are held at Northallerton, where
you can meet some real heroes of racing,
such as Foggy, and Colin Edwards. See their
website.